Thugs in southern China beat up a shop owner after he stopped a boy from relieving himself in front of his store.

In footage of the attack, shot in Guiyang City in southern China’s Guangxi Province on October 25, a boy can be seen relieving himself next to a tree in front of a supermarket, and the shop owner who spotted it stopped him by kicking his leg.

After two hours, a group of men believed to be the boy’s relatives came to the shop with metal sticks.

One of them slapped the shop owner's face first and then another began smashing up the shop with a metal stick, as well as beating up the shop owner.

The shop owner was sent to hospital and police arrested several suspects, reports said.